Jason Redman Recap: Learn how to Overcome Adversity

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On our last episode, we had the incredible former Navy SEAL Jason Redmond join us. He had so many amazing takeaways around leadership. He had his own journey where he screwed up, and then it was a journey of redemption and rebuilding trust. And then of course, his nearly fatal injury on the battlefield and the lessons he learned from that and how to lead. So I just wanted to give you a quick recap and I want you to think about how you can apply this to your life, to your family, and to your business. Before I do that, please take a quick moment and hit subscribe to the podcast and leave me a rating and review. I ask you to do that, please, because it helps me to impact more amazing humans like you and and I'm on a mission to help impact and transform humanity one leader at a time, one conversation at a time. So here's the key takeaways. Number one, always be a student of leadership. You can lead from anywhere, no matter where you are. Whether you're in a crisis, whether you're in flow state, whether everything is against you, you can still lead. So right now, if there's something in your life that's challenging you or something in your career, you, you can still lead. And always have that beginner's mindset. Always asking questions, always being curious. Second big takeaway, don't let arrogance erode your leadership credibility. Stay humble, be curious, and don't feel like you need to know all the answers. So often we'll see powerful CEOs, powerful leaders with this air of arrogance, not confidence, but arrogance. And that really does erode your credibility as a leader. People don't warm to you. You will not have great influence with them. And working for someone like that or with someone like that is not pleasant. Now, if you're not very emotionally aware, then I advise you to go and ask people around you, how do I lead? How do I make you feel? And go a bit further. Ask your family, maybe get a coach or an advisor to come in, ask and see how you operate with your team. Another big takeaway was this. Don't be tempted to self medicate using alcohol, cigarettes, drugs. You know, often as leaders, we use those things to numb the pain of poor self leadership. Never mind leading others, but leading ourselves. And I've been there. I have self medicated many times using a beer or wine. And there is a consequence to that. It means you show up a little less clear the next day. You do have a little less energy. So I want you to challenge yourself and ask, do I sometimes reach for something, a substance to numb the stress? And if you do, I want you to ask yourself, what could I do to improve in that area? Not asking you to quit everything. I'm just asking you to think about the relationship you have with that substance. And certainly that's something that Jason shared. You know, being a former Navy Seal, you could imagine he has seen some horrific things. And certainly his injury was almost life ending and took him many years to recover from. Here's a little takeaway. Wear your side plates. All right? It's a simple little one. Wear your side plates. What do I mean by that? Trust your gut. Listen to that inner voice, Jason, when he was getting ready for that big takeover, that big hostage takedown, that event that happened, he was thinking, I don't know if I should wear my side plates because they're heavy and they hold me down and I might be grappling and fighting and jumping over things. But he said there was an inner voice that said, wear your side plates. So he put his side plates in that covered near the side of his rib cage. And in the end, if he didn't wear those, he would have died. You know, after he got flown out, medevaced out, they checked his equipment, and on the side plate there was a bullet hole. It would have went right through, potentially, you know, ruptured several organs, maybe tore his spine apart. Chances of him dying would have been greatly increased. So in your life, I want you to wear your side plates. And what I mean by that is just listen to the things that are those inner whispers and you know what? Bad idea. Let's not have that conversation or let's not do work with that individual. Hey, I don't know if I trust that. Go with your gut. Listen to it. And look, the last one I want to share with you is this. We all have hell weeks. Now. The Navy seals, they have this six week training called buds, and one of those weeks is called hell week. And so many, like a large percentage of potential Navy seals, they ring the bell and they tap out. Some of them make it. And to get through a hell week, your hell week could come in the form of a ton of people resigning, a financial crisis, a family illness or death, a relationship breakdown. It could come in the form of an accident. Could come in the form of your car, your fridge freezer, and your washing machine breaking down on the same day. To get through a hell week, simply take things in small chunks. And Jason talked about getting to the end of an evolution. You know, if you're on the bike cycling for an hour and you feel like 20 minutes in, you're dying, get to the next pedal, the next pedal. Get right to the end of each evolution, of each exercise. And when you get to the end, guess what? You get a moment to breathe. So right now, today, if you've got a lot on your plate, simply take one little chunk and bite it off at a time. Don't think about the next thing. One little chunk at a time. So if you didn't get a chance to listen to the full episode with Jason, please go and listen to it. He's an incredible speaker, he's a best selling author and just an incredible leadership icon. So you head back and listen to that. If you've listened to it already, hey, share it with a friend. But for now, get out there and lead your life on purpose.

Sam.